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Evaluation of the Community Plant Health Regime: Final Report<br />

DG SANCO Evaluation Framework Contract Lot 3 (Food Chain)<br />

General survey results:<br />

7.7. Diagnostic laboratories carrying out official analysis*<br />

a. Does the current diagnostic infrastructure allow for rapid and reliable diagnosis of all regulated<br />

HOs?<br />

For the majority of MS (17 out of 25) and stakeholders (11 out of 24, 8 do not know) the current diagnostic<br />

infrastructure allows partly for rapid and reliable diagnosis of all regulated HOs; for 8 CAs and 4<br />

stakeholders it does it fully.<br />

b. Is the necessary diagnostic expertise available for all disciplines (entomology, acarology, nematology,<br />

mycology, bacteriology, virology)?<br />

The majority of MS CAs (13 out of 25) respondents believe that the necessary diagnostic expertise is<br />

available for all the disciplines**, whereas for 6 is only partly available and for 6 it is partly available but it is<br />

threatened;<br />

c. Is the laboratory infrastructure adequate and is the necessary equipment available?<br />

The laboratory infrastructure is considered adequate and the equipment available by the majority of the<br />

respondent MS CAs (13 out of 25), only partly by 11 and not at all by one;<br />

d. Are well-maintained reference collections available for all listed HOs and is future availability of<br />

these collections ensured?<br />

Well-maintained reference collections are available for all listed HOs and future availability of these<br />

collections is ensured only partly, according to 15 MS CAs (out of 25), it is threatened, according to 7 MS<br />

CAs and not available by one MS CAs.<br />

e. For how many listed HOs are ring-tested and validated diagnostic and detection methods available?<br />

Ring-tested and validated diagnostic and detection methods are available for less than 50 HOs, according to<br />

22 (out of 24, 2 do not know) MS CAs; for 100-250 HOs and for 50-100 HOs according to one MS CA<br />

respectively;<br />

f. How many of the 250 regulated HOs can the official laboratories in your country detect / diagnose by<br />

themselves?<br />

Official laboratories in the MS can detect/diagnose a variable number of HOs, according to 24 MS CAs<br />

responses (1 do not know):<br />

All HOs: 3<br />

100-250 HOs: 7<br />

50-100 HOs: 8<br />

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